ZB1-Themed U.S. Pop-ups Also Launch at LINE FRIENDS Stores in New York and Los Angeles
K-Pop fifth-generation giants ZEROBASEONE (ZB1) today released the physical version of their fifth mini-album BLUE PARADISE for the first time on CD in the United States as part of the group’s ongoing efforts to expand their global presence and better connect with fans around the world. Starting today, fans are able to purchase the group’s first-ever U.S. physical album BLUE PARADISE at major U.S. retailers — Target, Barnes & Noble and Walmart. In addition, ZEROBASE’s pop-up stores opened today at the LINE FRIENDS New York Times Square Store and the LINE FRIENDS LA Hollywood store, in celebration of this exciting physical album launch.
The nine-member group’s fifth mini-album BLUE PARADISE is available in HIDE and SEEK versions with photobooks, photocards, and other U.S. retail exclusive items.
BLUE PARADISE, the group’s fifth mini-album released on February 24, showcases ZB1’s musical evolution through six diverse tracks that blend alternative pop, R&B, punk rock, and more. Riding on the popularity, ZB1 released a Japanese version of their title track BLUE on March 21. Check out the full track list below and listen here.
ZEROBASEONE continues to break records as the first K-pop group to have all five albums, including their debut, sell over one million copies within a week of each release. Their recent first Japanese album PREZENT received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan in February 2025.
In celebration of the U.S. physical album release, ZEROBASEONE’s U.S. pop-up stores also opened today at LINE FRIENDS NY Times Square Store and LINE FRIENDS LA Hollywood Store. The pop-up stores bring BLUE PARADISE albums, U.S. exclusive merchandise and official ZEROBASEONE characters known as “zeroni,” which were created in collaboration with LINE FRIENDS. Additionally, the LINE FRIENDS NY Times Square Store features a special handprinting zone of the nine members, offering fans a special experience. More details can be found at LINE FRIENDS US Instagram and LINE FRIENDS US Facebook.
Pop-up store events will also take place in Korea and in Japan to celebrate the group’s fifth mini-album release, BLUE PARADISE. Following this, themed pop-up stores around the world will run through April 26, starting with the Beijing pop-up on April 3.
This monthl, ZB1 will also hold their second fan concert BLUE MANSION from April 18 to 20 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea. Of the three-day fan concert, the April 19 fan concert will be broadcast live in 105 theaters in Japan.
Meanwhile, the group’s first latest world tour TIMELESS WORLD is set to hit theaters in over 50 countries including the U.S. and Canada, which kicked off in mid-March in Seoul. The 4-month long world tour in 2024 attracted over 140,000 fans across eight regions, solidifying their position as the “Fifth-Generation K-pop Icon” and meeting their fans in Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Macau, and Japan’s Aichi and Kanagawa.
About ZEROBASEONE
ZEROBASEONE (often abbreviated as ZB1) was created by Mnet’s popular K-Pop boy group debut project, BOYS PLANET, which began airing in February 2023. The show reached #1 TV ratings for ten consecutive weeks in South Korea, and it reached 50 million cumulative online viewers globally. The program received votes throughout the airing for the elimination of artists in the show as well as for the final members of ZEROBASEONE from over 184 countries and regions as well as accumulated 15 billion votes from 6.8 million Star Creators (the name for the fans who participated in the voting).
The nine final members, SUNG HAN BIN, KIM JI WOONG, ZHANG HAO, SEOK MATTHEW, KIM TAE RAE, RICKY, KIM GYU VIN, PARK GUN WOOK, and HAN YU JIN, emerged victorious from Mnet’s program and made their official debut on July 10th, 2023, with their mini-album, YOUTH IN THE SHADE. The group name “ZEROBASEONE” symbolizes the “glorious beginning” of the nine members born from zero to one. It also encapsulates their vow to embark on a free journey from incomplete zero to the unity of one, alongside their fan club, ZEROSE.
ZEROBASEONE is the first K-pop group to consecutively have all five albums, including the debut album, as the ‘million-sellers’ within a week of each release. They are among the best new artists of this year, as announced by Oricon of Japan; ZEROBASEONE ranks as one of the best-selling K-pop artists, expanding the group’s influence from Korea to around the world. In February 2025, ZEROBASEONE’s first Japanese album PREZENT received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for over 250,000 copies shipped in Japan, just in two weeks after the album release.
ZEROBASEONE is managed by WAKEONE, under CJ ENM, South Korea’s leading entertainment company.
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